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Musk deer are artiodactyls of the genus Moschus, the only genus of family Moschidae. They are more primitive than the true deer (family Cervidae) in not having antlers or facial glands, in having only a single pair of teats, and in possessing a gall bladder, a caudal gland, a pair of tusk-like teeth and—of particular economic importance to humans—a musk gland.
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- Guha S, Goyal SP, Kashyap VK. (2007). Molecular phylogeny of musk deer: A genomic view with mitochondrial 16S rRNA and cytochrome b gene.Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2007 Mar;42(3):585-97.PMID: 17158073. [1]
- Hassanin A, Douzery EJ.(2003. Molecular and morphological phylogenies of ruminantia and the alternative position of the moschidae. Syst Biol. 2003 Apr;52(2):206-28. PMID: 12746147. [2]
